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Emerson's "Apposite Metaphors" and the grounds of creativity

Greenham, David

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David Greenham David.Greenham@uwe.ac.uk
School Director (Research & Enterprise) / Professor



Abstract

This article offers an original interpretation of Emerson's theory of metaphor as a principle of creation as it appears in his lectures and journal of the 1820s and 1830s, the essay 'Nature' (1836), and as it develops into his theory of symbolism in the essay 'The Poet.'

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 26, 2016
Online Publication Date Dec 1, 2016
Publication Date Dec 1, 2016
Deposit Date Sep 27, 2016
Publicly Available Date Nov 4, 2016
Journal Anglo Saxonica
Print ISSN 0873-0628
Publisher Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Anglísticos
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume III
Issue 12
Pages 101-120
Keywords Emerson, metaphor, transcendentalism, American renaissance
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/905410
Publisher URL http://www.ulices.org/images/site/pdfs/asaxoiii-n12.pdf
Contract Date Sep 27, 2016

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